The K-Factor Harry Harrison http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2393 en 1960 Short Fiction Science Fiction Speed never hurt anybody--it's the sudden stop at the end. It's not how much change that signals danger, but how fast it's changing.... Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2393.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2393.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2393.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2393.mobi Toy Shop Harry Harrison http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2396 en 1962 Short Fiction Science Fiction The gadget was strictly, beyond any question, a toy. Not a real, workable device. Except for the way it could work under a man's mental skin.... 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Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395.mobi The Defenders Philip K. Dick http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3892 en 1953 Short Fiction Science Fiction No weapon has ever been frightful enough to put a stop to war--perhaps because we never before had any that thought for themselves! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3892.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3892.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3892.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3892.mobi The Crystal Crypt Philip K. Dick http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3878 en 1954 Short Fiction Science Fiction Stark terror ruled the Inner-Flight ship on that last Mars-Terra run. For the black-clad Leiters were on the prowl ... and the grim red planet was not far behind. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3878.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3878.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3878.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3878.mobi Heretics Gilbert Keith Chesterton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3679 urn:isbn:1595478736 en 1905 Non-Fiction Essay Collections Religion Though he was on the whole a fun loving and gregarious man, during adolescence Chesterton was troubled by thoughts of suicide. In Christianity he found answers to many of the dilemmas and paradoxes of life. Throughout Heretics he provides a very personal critique of contemporary religious notions. His consistently engaging but often wayward humour is mixed liberally with daring flights of fancy and some startling turns of thought. A highly original collection of essays, providing an invaluable contribution to one of the major debates of the last century - one that continues to exercise leading thinkers in the present one. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3679.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3679.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3679.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3679.mobi The Wild Knight and Other Poems Gilbert Keith Chesterton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3702 urn:isbn:1406590991 en 1900 Poetry Collections This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3702.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3702.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3702.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3702.mobi The Napoleon of Notting Hill Gilbert Keith Chesterton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3683 urn:isbn:0955519624 en 1904 Novels Humor/Satire Politics The Napoleon of Notting Hill is a novel written by G. K. Chesterton in 1904, set in a nearly-unchanged London in 1984. Though the novel deals with the future, it concentrates not on technology nor on totalitarian government but on a government where no one cares what happens, comparable to Fahrenheit 451 in that respect. The dreary succession of randomly selected Kings of England is broken up when Auberon Quin, who cares for nothing but a good joke, is chosen. To amuse himself, he institutes elaborate costumes for the provosts of the districts of London. All are bored by the King's antics except for one earnest young man who takes the cry for regional pride seriously – Adam Wayne, the eponymous Napoleon of Notting Hill. While the novel is humorous (one instance has the King sitting on top of an omnibus and speaking to it as to a horse: "Forward, my beauty, my Arab," he said, patting the omnibus encouragingly, "fleetest of all thy bounding tribe"), it is also an adventure story: Chesterton is not afraid to let blood be drawn in his battles, fought with sword and halberd in the London streets, and Wayne thinks up a few ingenious strategies; and, finally, the novel is philosophical, considering the value of one man's actions and the virtue of respect for one's enemies. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3683.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3683.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3683.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3683.mobi The Man Who Was Thursday: a Nightmare Gilbert Keith Chesterton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680 urn:isbn:0375757910 en 1908 Novels Crime/Mystery Fantasy Thriller Religion The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare is a novel by G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1908. The book has been referred to as a metaphysical thriller. Although it deals with anarchists, the novel is not an exploration or rebuttal of anarchist thought; Chesterton's ad hoc construction of "Philosophical Anarchism" is distinguished from ordinary anarchism and is referred to several times not so much as a rebellion against government but as a rebellion against God. The novel has been described as "one of the hidden hinges of twentieth-century writing, the place where, before our eyes, the nonsense-fantastical tradition of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear pivots and becomes the nightmare-fantastical tradition of Kafka and Borges." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680.mobi Sylvie and Bruno Lewis Carroll http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2203 urn:isbn:0486255883 en 1889 Novels Humor/Satire http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2203.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2203.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2203.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2203.mobi The Monster Men Edgar Rice Burroughs http://www.feedbooks.com/book/855 urn:isbn:1600961630 en 1921 Novels Science Fiction Adventure Professor Maxon performs secret experiments to make a "perfect race" of humans, finally succeeding with "Number Thirteen." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/855.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/855.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/855.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/855.mobi Beyond The Farthest Star Edgar Rice Burroughs http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1480 urn:isbn:B000FA26CK en 1941 Novels Science Fiction Beyond the Farthest Star is a science fiction novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The novel consists of two novellas, “Adventure on Poloda” and "Tangor Returns," written quickly in late 1940. The first was published in "The Blue Book Magazine" in 1942, but the second did not see publication until 1964 when it was featured in Tales of Three Planets along with "The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw" and The Wizard of Venus. Burroughs likely intended Beyond the Farthest Star to be the opening of a new series comparable to the Barsoom or Pellucidar sequences, but declining health and Burroughs's World War II service as a war correspondent prevented this from happening. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1480.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1480.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1480.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1480.mobi The Next Logical Step Ben Bova http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3663 en 1962 Short Fiction Science Fiction Ordinarily the military least wants to have the others know the final details of their war plans. But, logically, there would be times-- The Next Logical Step. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3663.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3663.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3663.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3663.mobi The Man Who Came Early Poul William Anderson http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3339 en 1957 Short Fiction Science Fiction How rarely science-fiction writers succeed in creating a wholly alien culture may be judged from any adequate study of an earthly culture of a time or place which does not form part of our direct heritage. S.F's aliens may have pseudopods or supersdentific gadgets, but rarely so wholly different a frame of reference as man himself has achieved in other eras. Here F&SFs favorite Scandinavian skald takes us to Iceland near the end of the tenth century and convincingly depicts a truly "alien" way of life and teaches us the tragic truth that the role of a twentieth-century timetraveler to a "primitive" culture need not necessarily be that of Prometheus the Fire-Bringer. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3339.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3339.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3339.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3339.mobi The Colors of Space Marion Zimmer Bradley http://www.feedbooks.com/book/834 en 1963 Novels Science Fiction It was a week before the Lhari ship went into warp-drive, and all that time young Bart Steele had stayed in his cabin. He was so bored with his own company that the Mentorian medic was a welcome sight when he came to prepare him for cold-sleep! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/834.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/834.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/834.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/834.mobi The Door Through Space Marion Zimmer Bradley http://www.feedbooks.com/book/835 urn:isbn:1603120475 en 1961 Novels Science Fiction ... across half a Galaxy, the Terran Empire maintains its sovereignty with the consent of the governed. It is a peaceful reign, held by compact and not by conquest. Again and again, when rebellion threatens the Terran Peace, the natives of the rebellious world have turned against their own people and sided with the men of Terra; not from fear, but from a sense of dedication. There has never been open war. The battle for these worlds is fought in the minds of a few men who stand between worlds; bound to one world by interest, loyalties and allegiance; bound to the other by love. Such a world is Wolf. Such a man was Race Cargill of the Terran Secret Service. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/835.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/835.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/835.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/835.mobi Ralestone Luck Andre Alice Norton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/867 urn:isbn:1406835579 en 1938 Novels Crime/Mystery Rupert Ralestone is officially the Marquess of Lorne - but with no family money or prestige, the title is worthless. He and his younger brother and sister return to the old family homestead - Pirate’s Haven. Their only hope is to find the sword that was the family’s talisman for generations, the Ralestone Luck, and restore it to its proper place. If they succeed, the family fortunes will follow. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/867.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/867.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/867.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/867.mobi The Gifts of Asti Andre Alice Norton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/856 en 1948 Short Fiction Fantasy Varta, the last priestess of Asti, lives alone with Lur, a telepath of the lizardfolk, in Asti's isolated mountain retreat. Decadent Memphir has long since drifted away from the austere paths of Asti, and now the barbarians of Klem are sacking the city, and the smoke of its burning drifts up to the temple. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/856.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/856.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/856.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/856.mobi Rebel Spurs Andre Alice Norton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/868 urn:isbn:143440045X en 1962 Novels Western Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/868.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/868.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/868.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/868.mobi The Defiant Agents Andre Alice Norton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2301 en 1962 Novels Science Fiction Alien technology scavenged by U.S. and Russian scientists has started a race to colonize planets outside our solar system -- and the U.S. scientists are losing! In a desperate move the U.S. government decides to use a group of Apache volunteers in an experimental attempt to colonize a primitive planet, but before they can even begin their spaceship crashes on the planet Topaz... Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2301.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2301.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2301.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2301.mobi Storm Over Warlock Andre Alice Norton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/862 urn:isbn:1434400379 en 1960 Novels Science Fiction Stranded on the alien world of Warlock, Shann Lantree's expedition camp has been wiped out by the Throgs, beings so alien that humans have yet to communicate with them. Lantree must quickly learn how to survive under harsh conditions while being chased by the Throgs -- and how to distinguish the real from the dreamed when he meets the mysterious Wyverns. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/862.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/862.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/862.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/862.mobi Voodoo Planet Andre Alice Norton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/866 urn:isbn:1406835609 en 1959 Novels Science Fiction ''From between the two shuffling dancers padded something on four feet. The canine-feline creature was more than just a head; it was a loose-limbed, graceful body fully eight feet in length, and the red eyes in the prick-eared head were those of a killer.... Words issued from between those curved fangs, words which Dane might not understand.... ''Dane slid his blade out surreptitiously, setting its point against the palm of his hand and jabbing painfully; but the terrible creature continued to advance.... There was no blurring of its lines....'' Dane Thorson of the space-ship Solar Queen knew there was only one way to win out over this hideous thing—a battle to the end between his rational mind and the hypnotic witchcraft of Lumbrilo, the mental wizard of the planet Khatka. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/866.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/866.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/866.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/866.mobi Star Born Andre Alice Norton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/860 urn:isbn:1598180266 en 1957 Novels Science Fiction When the oppressive global dictatorship of Pax took over Earth they put a stop to space exploration. Still, a few rebels escaped in the sleeper ships to found free new colonies -- or perish in the attempt. Those few colonists that reached inhabitable worlds were cut off for centuries, and in that isolation and freedom they developed the mysterious mental powers that ''civilization'' had all but destroyed. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/860.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/860.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/860.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/860.mobi Plague Ship Andre Alice Norton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/858 urn:isbn:1406835560 en 1956 Novels Science Fiction A fast-moving suspense tale, full of unusual detail and unexpected turns. Several highlights make the book really shine: the sunset gorp hunt on the reefs of an oily sea; a raid on an asteroid's emergency station; and a landing in the Big Burn, resulting in an encounter with the mutant life-forms that reside there... 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